Vault-light.



DE MATEO, JR.

VAULT SIGHT.- AEPLIGATION FILED DEC. 26, 1912.

.- Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

MH/ENTOR Anfhony De Mmel ATTORNEYS WITNESSES I ANTHONY DE MATEO, JR, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

VAULT-LIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed December 26, 1912. Serial No. 738,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY Dr: Ma'rso, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vault-Lights, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a pluralitv of frame members having openings in which lights are secured, the frame members being disposed on mold members which have upwardly extending flanges, which are disposed around openings therein, and under the frame members, so that cement may be disposed on the mold members and between the frame members, and the mold members may be removed after the cement has set.

Other objects of the invention are to provide the frame members with legs, which extend down into the space between the flanges on the mold members, to be incased by the cement, and to rovide reinforcing members.

Still other 0 jects of the invention will appear in the following com lete s ecification, in which the preferred orm o the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, in which F i are 1 is a perspective view of one of the rame members; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing a plurality of mold members disposed in position with the frame members mounted thereon; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation showing the construction after the cement which has been disposed in the molds between the frame has been set and the molds have been removed; and Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the finished construction.

As with my improvements the lights are secured in the openings in the frames, the frames may be delivered to the job with the lights secured in place therein, thus making it unnecessary that this work be done on the street or at the job, and under conditions which seldom produce the best results. The lights may be secured in the openings in the frame with cement or with any desired material. As a frame is provided for each light, and as these frames are assembled on the job to fit the space which is to be inclosed with the vault lights, the contractor is not put to the delay and the expense which would be the case if he were required to order special frames. All that is required is that the contractor order the desired number of stock frames, and the required number of molds, it being possible to use these molds over and over again.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the molds 5 have extending base portions 6 therearound, and that these molds 5 have upwardly extending circular flanges 7, which form the sides of the openings 8 which extend upwardly through the frames 5. The sides 9 of the base portions 6 are preferably squared, so that. the molds 5 may e disposed in rows with the edges 9 of the base portions 6 engaging each other. The

frames 10 have openings 11, for the lights,

12, and these lights 12 are secured in the said openings 11 by means of cement 13 or by any other desired means.

It will be noted that the base 14 of the frames 11 extend sufficiently far to provide a su port for the periphery at the bottom of theli hts 12. It will also be noticed that these ights 12 have depending flanges 15, which engage the base 14 so that the lights 12 may be held in position when being fastened with the cement or by the other means used to prevent leakage between the frames 10 and the lights. These frames 10 are disposed on the circular flanges 7, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings with the lights 12 disposed over the openings 8 in the molds 5. These frames 10 have legs 16, which diverge downwardly, and into the spaces 17 over the bases 6 of the molds 5, and between the circular flan es 7 of the said molds. I also extend reinforcing members 18 and 19 in these spaces 17 after which the spaces 17 are filled with cement, inclosing not only the reinforcing members 18 and 19 but also the legs 16. the frames 10 being held securely in position by the hold which the cement has on the legs 16. It will be noticed that these legs 16 have enlarged terminals 16, which greatly strengthen the construction. After the cement has been disposed in the spaces 17 and has set, the frame molds 5 are removed, it being possible to make use of these molds 5 over and over again, in connection with new frames 10.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 2

of the drawings that the frames 10 are provided with lugs 16" for engaging molds for holding the legs 16 away from the molds.

Having thus described my'in'vention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A frame having a light, a removable mold having a portion normally disposed under the frame and extending down and away from the frame, and legs on the frame extending above the mold and down below the horizontal plane at the bottom of the frame.

2. A frame, a removable mold for cooperating therewith, and having an extending portion normally disposed adjacent the inner side of the frame, and a base portion extending outwardly from the first-mentioned extending portion below the horizontal plane thereof, and legs on the frame extending outwardly and downwardly above the said base portion.

3. A frame, a removable mold for cooperating therewith and having an extending portion normally disposed adjacent the inner side of the frame, a base portion extending outwardly from the first extending portion at an angle thereto, legs on the frame extending outwardly and above the said base portion, and lugs on the frame for engagingthe first extending portion of the mold for holding the legs away from the first extending portion of the mold.

4. A plurality of molds having substantially horizontal base portions, disposed side by side, each of the molds having a circular and upwardly extending portion, and frames with outwardly extending legs disposed over the said extending portions of the molds, so that cement may be disposed over the base portions of the molds around the legs and between the frames for uniting the frames.

5. A plurality of molds having substantially horizontal base portions disposed side by side each of the molds having an upwardly extending portion with a vertical opening, frames disposed over the extending portion so that cement may be disposed over the base portions of the molds, and between the frames for uniting the frames, and legs on the frames extending outwardly over the said base portions and adapted to be engaged by the cement.

6. A frame, a removable mold for supporting the frame and having sides which extend down from the frame and substantially horizontal base portions extending outward from the sides for engaging the base portions of similar molds, and legs socured to the frame and extending outwardly above the base portions for the purpose specified.

7. A plurality of molds having substantially horizontal base portions disposed side by side, each of the molds having upwardly extending port-ions, frames disposed over the extending portions so that cement may be disposed over the base portions of the molds and between the frame for uniting the frames, and legs on the frames extending outwardly over the said base portions and adapted to be engaged by cement.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTHONY DE MATEO, Jn.

\Vitnesses EVERARD B. MARSHALL, PHILIP D. ROLLIIAUS.

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